Bruins fans had been spoiled with reliable goaltending for about a decade, as Tim Thomas and Tuukka Rask each ensured that the performance between the pipes would rarely, if ever, be the Bruins’ chief concern.
With Rask’s retirement, the B’s entered a brave new world of uncertainty in net. And while the 2021-2022 season had its ups and downs, goaltending was again one of the B’s smallest concerns in 2022-2023.
Linus Ullmark, fresh off a “fine” first season in Boston, is your likely Vezina Trophy winner, and he combined with Jeremy Swayman to win the Jennings Trophy for the B’s.